Adjusting...

We're adjusting to this new little guy and finding our groove as a family of four. It's so different to have a newborn again. I'd forgotten just how much work newborns are. It's been hard to figure out how to take care of these THREE boys and still find time to do something for myself. Here are a few things that I've learned in the last six weeks...

:: Waking up and taking a shower in the morning is something I no longer have the luxury of doing ;). So I'm learning that if I want to shower I need to do it the night before.
:: I feel much better in the morning if I've gone to bed before 11 the night before. If I don't get to bed until after midnight I just don't get enough sleep to be a half decent mom and wife.
:: Everyday I try to either do laundry or do the dishes. I've yet to find the time to do both in the same day.
:: I'm starting to understand why so many of my friends and family members who are mom's to lots of young babes can't survive without diet coke. I've been tempted, but I just can't bring myself to do it. But oh... I totally get it now ;).
:: That whole "put your air mask on first" thing applies to motherhood. I'm much happier if I take the time to take care of myself first. Such as make sure I eat breakfast (or any meal), get dressed, look presentable, get something done that I want to get done. Even if it means let the baby cry for a minute when I finish up what I'm doing.
:: We all feel better if we get out of the house at some point of the day. Being cooped up isn't good for any of us.
:: Most tasks only take a few minute. Such as folding a basket of laundry, vacuuming the floor, cleaning the toilet, etc. If I have a few minutes to do something productive I feel much better afterwards than if I just waste my time on my phone or something like that ;).
:: Cuddling my other two boys during the day make for more helpful boys.
:: When I get overly emotional and feel like I can't handle this, I feel a lot better if I just take a nap (thankfully my husband has been helpful with this).

Something fun that happened this week is I took Baby G in to the doc (that part wasn't fun...) and they weighed him as they tend to do. My boy has almost doubled his birth weight in the last 6 weeks!! He weighed in at 10 lbs 7 oz!!! That was a proud mom moment for me. All of this nursing around the clock and trying to fatten this little guy up is working!! It reminded me of when Blue was 10 lbs and I found the picture I took of him in his car seat with this silly "10 lbs club" badge that we had. So I tried to take a pic of Baby G in his car seat too to see how similar they look at the same weight...

They aren't in the exact same position, but it's fun to see how alike they are in their looks. They look different in a lot of ways, but those lips, and cheeks, and cute little noses... little clones of each other.